Dunki final box office collections: Shah Rukh Khan film closes with USD 22M Overseas and 425Cr Worldwide

The overseas numbers of Dunki are fourth highest in 2023 behind Pathaan, Jawan and Animal while in terms of worldwide numbers, it is also behind Tiger

Updated on Feb 07, 2024  |  07:47 PM IST |  546.8K
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Shah Rukh Khan in Dunki (image courtesy of Red Chillies Entertainment)

Dunki has closed its run at the overseas box office at just under USD 22 million. With Rs. 244 crore in the domestic market, the worldwide gross of the Shah Rukh Khan led film amounted to Rs. 427 crore. The overseas numbers are fourth highest in 2023 behind Pathaan, Jawan and Animal while in terms of worldwide numbers, it is also behind Tiger 3. 

Even though what Dunki did overseas is a big number for a Bollywood film, it doesn't quite meet the lofty expectations of a Shah Rukh Khan film, especially considering what his other two films did earlier in the year. The overseas market for Indian films has seen a big growth in recent years but that was only realised last year, with Pathaan and Jawan almost reaching the USD 50 million milestone. A USD 20 million plus gross was considered a BLOCKBUSTER number in 2019 but last year Jawan and Pathaan cleared that in just four days.

Considering Dunki's narrative focus on illegal immigration and the concept of homecoming, it theoretically should have struck a chord with diaspora audiences, a trend often observed in Punjabi cinema.  Furthermore, it was a Christmas-New Year release, which is a very lucrative period for the box office, though the clash with Salaar probably took that advantage away as there were capacity constraints during peak holidays in some of the markets like Canada, United States and Australia. Despite these favourable elements, the overseas box office performance of Dunki left much to be desired and makes for a disappointing read.

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Dunki performed best in Germany and Bangladesh which are two SRK strongholds but not big markets in size currently. Among major markets, Australia and Canada did best but they should have done even better given the large Punjabi diaspora presence. Middle East underperformed relative to Pathaan and Jawan but a lot of that was due to genre and subject.

The territorial breakdown for overseas box office collections of Dunki is as follows:

Area Gross
America  
United States USD 5,535,000 
Canada USD 2,325,000 
Rest of America USD 100,000 
   
Asia/Oceania  
Australia USD 1,875,000 
Bangladesh USD 700,000 
New Zealand USD 330,000 
Malaysia USD 300,000 
Nepal USD 250,000 
Singapore USD 210,000 
Rest of Asia USD 300,000 
   
Middle East  
UAE USD 3,525,000 
GCC USD 1,750,000 
Saudi Arabia USD 925,000 
Africa & Rest of M.E. USD 375,000 
   
Europe  
United Kingdom USD 2,175,000 
Germany USD 535,000 
Rest of Europe USD 700,000 
   
Overseas USD 21,900,000 

NOTE: The overseas gross we report is after the conversion of Canadian gross from CAD to USD. In the past, the CAD numbers were reported as it is, without any conversion, which wasn’t a true and fair reporting of numbers. Since this is a fresh change, understandably will take time getting used to. In the traditional reporting method, the overseas gross without conversion of Canadian gross will be USD 22.70 million.

 

ALSO READ: Highest grossing Bollywood films at the Overseas Box Office: Ranbir Kapoor led Animal Ninth with USD 26M

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